Being Bitter

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.